Thrilled

Just had to say it, I am so thoroughly thrilled to be marrying Corey in 6 weeks!!! Bah, I can't wait. He comes home tomorrow from serving in Nicaragua with a team from our church. I'm so proud of the man that he is and how he's grown over the last few years. It's been so exciting to see the work God has done in him and through him, it inspires me to be a better person and the seek the Lord more. Lots of things still need to be worked out... recent photography challenges, Corey finding a job, us finding a place to live, etc. But I'm so excited and I feel peace that God will provide. Please keep us in your prayers if you think of us. Just a busy and stressful time, but we want to enjoy each moment. :)

Thankful for Good Friends :)

Down to 50 days until the wedding. Corey is in Nicaragua. I've been working on some wedding stuff. Honestly haven't done too much, but I did chat with our videographer today. He had some really great tips about some other issues we've been dealing with and then we just talked about a rough timeline.

I don't really have much to post about wedding stuff. Just felt like mentioning how awesome my friends are. Corey is gone and I didn't really feel like doing anything, just wanted to relax. But my coach had a reunion for at her house and a bunch of my old teammates got together. One of the guys is leaving Wednesday for a few years in flight school, he just graduated from the Navy where he competed on the gymnastics team for 4 years. Anyways, Sara had all of us over so we could hang out before Aaron leaves. It was just great to see them again. Sara and Matt have Connor who is almost 3 now, two of us are getting married in August, two of us are in physical therapy school, Aaron is in flight school, 4 of us competed in college gymnastics, a few are working now. It's crazy because we've known each other since we were little, and now we're all growing up. We spent hours and hours in the gym together each week for years, it's just awesome that we keep in touch and are still friends. I'm so glad that I went, so thankful for old friends. I feel so blessed. I'm very excited to get to celebrate and share life with friends like these. And I'm very excited to get the celebrate our wedding with so many wonderful people, our family and friends. It's such a blessing to have people who care for you, support you, and love you, and people you can feel the same way about. A good reminder that life needs to be lived together in community.

8 Weeks... moving on flower girl/ring bearer outfits

Quick update on the wedding planning. Getting excited, but also very nervous about all that is still left to be done!!! Ahhh.

Today I booked the hotel for the night of our wedding and the following night. Excited to have that done and out of the way.

I got my hair cut yesterday and my hair stylist and I discussed possibilities for how I'll wear my hair. I scheduled a trial run with him the week before the wedding.

Our invitations have been sent out, and I've received about 50 RSVPs... although waiting for about 250 people to let me know.

I've been finalizing the order with the florist.

I applied for my passport, it should arrive any day now.

I've started working on the programs, but it's going to be a while before they're done (have to meet with our officiant to finalize ceremony order) and then it might take a while to finish them up.

We've been working on center piece ideas ...

Then our awesome neighbor offered to help with the flower girl outfit, so we went to the fabric store today and got materials to make the tutu part! I love this cute outfit (except Karley's will be ivory on top, with ivory and light gray mixed on the bottom)! I feel so blessed that our neighbor, who I just met, is so willing to help! She even went to the fabric store with me and helped me pick out the material.

And here is what we're thinking of having the ring bearer wear :)

They're such cute toddlers in anything they wear, but I'm excited to see them in their little outfits!